A health worker administered the second dose of coronavirus vaccine to a man at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation in Dhaka on Thursday, Apr 8, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
A health worker administered the second dose of coronavirus vaccine to a woman at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation in Dhaka on Thursday, Apr 8, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The wife of former industries minister Dilip Barua receiving the second dose of coronavirus vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Apr 8, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
A health worker administers the second dose of coronavirus vaccine to former industries minister Dilip Barua at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Apr 8, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Stefanos Chen, The New York Times
Published: 16 Feb 2021 01:38 PM BdST
Updated: 16 Feb 2021 01:42 PM BdST Located inside Landmark Quest Mall in Flushing Queens, Jan 10, 2021, Yukun Shaobing’s stuffed flatbreads have become a hit. The New York Times
As several restaurants in Flushing, Queens, one of the largest Chinatowns in New York City, shut down amid the pandemic, Yukun Shaobing quietly opened inside a nondescript mini-mall last September a seemingly inauspicious start. );
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Still, the cramped food stall of about 100 square feet, with no English-language name or advertising, has become a hit in a neighbourhood beleaguered by COVID-19 and high rents.
The key to that success is an extensive menu of warm and flaky Shandong-style shaobing, baked flatbreads stuffed with savoury and sweet fillings that have locals, some of the most exacting critics of Chinese fare, coming back for more.
Thousands of 311 complaints have been logged in the city over outdoor dining setups since July
Outdoor dining may be here to stay in NYC permanently, but not all residents have been welcoming the structures dotting the city’s streets. The various outdoor dining setups have attracted more than 4,400 complaints via 311 in NYC since July, local news site Patch reports. According to the site, New Yorkers filed complaints for months over outdoor dining issues, including an apparent lack of ADA ramps built into roadside structures and dining areas spilling over onto sidewalk passages and into the street.
The volume of complaints skyrocketed in August, with 311 calls tallying over 1,000, according to Patch. As the weather got colder, the amount of complaints on a monthly basis tapered off, with 293 complaints filed in January.
Food|How a Queens Shaobing Stall Survives a Pandemic
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Ruokun Yu, left, and her business partner, Chunmei Tong, opened their shaobing stall in Flushing, Queens, in the middle of the pandemic. So far, so good.Credit.Alex Lau for The New York Times
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How a Queens Shaobing Stall Survives a Pandemic
Yukun Shaobing’s stuffed flatbreads have become a hit in Flushing despite the pressures of Covid and high rents.
Ruokun Yu, left, and her business partner, Chunmei Tong, opened their shaobing stall in Flushing, Queens, in the middle of the pandemic. So far, so good.Credit.Alex Lau for The New York Times